People's Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos

A podcast about cosmic horror, weird fiction, folklore, monster movies, and strange stories.

Whispers from the Abyss vol. 1

Whispers from the Abyss: Volume One is a wonderful anthology of dark fiction/horror based in the shared literary world of HP Lovecraft, know that first. This anthology is a marvelous collection of weird fiction, some of it of a violent brutal nature. Some of it told in a clever manner as a series of text…
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Next episode we talk more the spider god Atlach-Nacha, a Clark Ashton Smith creation, expounded upon by Lin Carter, Ann K Schwader and many more. Also we talk of the second book in Charles Burns’ X’ed Out trilogy, and a german adventure film from 1919 directed by Fritz Lang.
304s: Lovecraftian ProTips

Episode 304s Lovecraft’s advice about weird fiction writing, Dan Clowes’ fever dream of a comic and Lovecraftian sonnets. Check out our patreon page at Patreon.com/pgttcm or audibletrial.com/pgttcm.
Age of Lovecraft

Edited by Carl H. Sederholm & Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock Foreword by Ramsey Campbell Published by University of Minnesota Press The Age of Lovecraft is a welcome treat. A critical look at the writings of H.P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft is typically the scholarship of English Literature, Folklorists, Antiquarians or of Theologians. Finally Lovecraft in the form of peer reviewed papers by…
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In episode 304s we talk about Lovecraft’s notes on writing weird fiction, Yuggoth’s Fungi and a comic book from the 1980s.
304: Shoggoths are Revolting!

This episode we discuss Shoggoths, a Charles Burns graphic novel and read from ‘Fungi from Yuggoth’. Sponsored by audibletrial.com/pgttcm, sign up for a free trial withAudible and get a free audio book. Music by Charlie Salas-Humara (The Pink’s Quieter) Kevin MacLeod (The Chamber)
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303s: Weird Tales

We finish up Out of the Aeons, talk about Age of Lovecraft and talk about the basic facts about Weird Tales(who printed 50,000 issues a month at it’s height, the popular pulps printed 300,000 issues a month). Sponsored by audibletrial.com/pgttcm, sign up for a free trial with Audible and get a free audio book. Music by Charlie Salas-Humara (The…
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Episode 300r: Out of the Aeons

Episode 300r: Out of the Aeons This week we read the first half of Out of the Aeons by HPL & Hazel Heald. Many names we’ve covered before will get mentioned in this story. We’ll be back next week with a regular episode. Music by Charlie Salas-Humara (The Pink’s Quieter) and Kevin MacLeod (The Chamber)